Railway crossing



L H. HARDY. RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI4, I92I.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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gwwelmtoz J.H.HABDY.' RAILWAY CROSSING. APPLICATION FILED .IULYI4, I921.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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T o'aZZ w hom it may concc m J I I Be it knownthat I, JAMES I-IARsrsHARDY, a resident of Crawford, in the county 16]? Lowndes and State ofMississippi, a citizen of the United 'State s, have invented certain Inew and useful Improvements in Railway Crossings, of which the followingisa specification. V p Y Y This invention relates to a railway crossing,and has foritsobject to provideareadily operable mechanism,'whereinFthere is presented a continuousset of railsfor-trash: moving in a",given direction, the rails of the opposite set of rails so constructedas to be moved laterally by the energy of the la train to afford asufficient clearance for the base 1 in alignment with the sets of mainline rails 11 are a set ofrail sections k4, while a similar set of railsections 5'-5 are arranged in alignment with the main line rails 22.These rail sections 4: and 55 are tapered as at 6 at their ends.Arranged parallel with the rail sections H and 5-5 are two sets ofguardrails 7-7 and 88, which are adapted to normally fill the spacebetweenthe opposite rail sections. Each of these guard rails arearranged in pairs, being connected together at their inner ends by atongue and groove joint 7 and 8 respectively, and held in a normallyclosed position against longitudinal movement by the compression-spring9.

Thenumeral 10 indicates a wedge-shaped member formed integral with therail sections 7-7 which coincide with the tapered ends of the oppositerail sections, and are curved inwardly as at 11 in order that theflanges of the wheels of the moving train may engage the rail sectionsand cause them .to move inwardly to allow the wheels to pass through.The compression springs 12 at either end of the rail sections serve tonormally hold the rail-guards against the rail-- Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented? Aligglbj' a eas filed J111y, 14, 1 921. SerialNo, 434352;

sections.- Stop moye mentof the, guard rails H I In the normal position,as -"c1ise1tse' against eachfof'the" rail seenens 4;%4ancl 5-'5', themembers 10 10 o-f'the guard-rails f 77 formin'ga. continuation oftherail secing a continuationoif the rail sccti'onsj 5 :5. Assuming,however, that a train is passing along. the main line rails"'2'2- in the-,direc'- tion of the arrow, as disclosed 2, the guard rails' 7-'"7 aremovedglaterally.

wardly. Themmpressnn 'springf art I ranged centrally thereof permits ofalongi v tudinal movement of the. guard-rail caused thememb r1os1idingf1ateran a1e the g taperedend ofithe'rail-sections l -4 againstthe t nsion ofithe com ressi n-spring-OJTht guard rai'ls 8-48, however,are notdis'turbed, and the member 10-10 thereof, together withttherail-sections 5 -5 form a contin-- uous rail for the moving train, theoperation being just the reverse when the train is passing along the"opposite set i of rails 1-1. i 7

I claim:

1. In a railroad crossing-rail, each com- I i prising a centralstationary section, longitudinally movable guard-rail sections resil-,

iently held against the stationary'rail sections, each being provided:with members arranged in alignment with the oppositely disposedstationary rail sections, said guard by the wheels of the moving train.

[9o 3 rail sections adapted to be moved laterally 2. In a railroadcrossing-rail, each comj prising a central stationary sectlon, dlvldedlongitudinally movable guard rail sections arranged parallel with andresiliently held against the stationary rail sections, each di-.

vided section being provided with members arranged in alignment with thestationary rail sections-arranged at an angle to the first mentionedstationary section, said guard rail ing train. w

' 3. In a railroad crosslng rall, each comprising a central stationarysection having sections adapted to bemoved both longitudi 1 nally andlaterally by the wheels of the movtapering} ends, divided laterallyand'longi-j tudinally movable guard rail sections arranged parallel withthestationaryxrail seotions, and provided at each end with taperingmembers arranged in alignment with the ends of the oppositely disposedrail sections, v l

resilient means normally holding said divided guard. rail sectionsagainst longitudinal and lateral movement, and means co-op erating Withthe moving train whereby the divided guardrail sections are moved bothlongitudinally and laterally to provide a passageway for. the Wheels ofthe train.

4. In a railroad crossing rail, each comprising a central stationarysection having tapering ends, divided laterally and longitudinallymovable guard rail sections arranged parallelqwith the stationary railsections and provided at each end with tapering members arranged in.alignment with the ends of the.

oppositely disposed rail sections, resilient means normally holding saiddivided guard rail sections against longitudinal and lateral movement,theother ends of said divided guard rail sections, adapted to be bentinwardly. and to be engaged by the flanges of the Wheels of the movingtrain, whereby the guard-rail sections are moved both laterally andlongitudinally to effect a clearancespace between them and thestationary rail secs I tions.

5. In a railroad crossing comprising a I plurality of stationary railsections having taperingends, a plurality of divided laterally andlongitudinally movableguard-rail sections arranged parallel With thestation ary rail sections, each end provided with tapering membersarranged'in alignment With the oppositely disposed sets of stationaryrail sections, resilient means for normally holding the dividedguard-rail sections together and the tapering members in alignment Withthe ends of the stationary rail sections, additional resilient means fornormally holding the guard-rail sections against the stationary railsections, the ends of, said guard rail sections being bent inwardly andresilient means for holding the several parts in operative position.

In testlmony'ivhereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

JAMEU HARRIS HARDY.

